| Transnational Connections and the Arab Gulf Contributor(s): Al-Rasheed, Madawi (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415331358 ISBN-13: 9780415331357 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2004 Annotation: This book challenges the definitions of globalization and transnationalism as a one way process generated mainly by the Western World and the view that the latter is a twentieth century phenomenon. The authors analyze and map historical and contemporary manifestations of transnational networks within the Arab Gulf and beyond, linking them to wider debates on society, identity and political culture. In the context of current theoretical debates, empirical case studies are presented to explore how transnationalism is localized, through the incorporation of outside agents and networks into the history, economy and society of a number of Gulf societies and how the local political, religious and cultural flows beyond the Arab world. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - General |
| Dewey: 953.6 |
| LCCN: 2004003411 |
| Series: Transnationalism |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 6.14" W x 9.54" (1.01 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Transnational Connections and the Arab Gulf presents a study of transnational cultural flows in the Gulf region and beyond. It combines an understanding of the region's historical connections with the outside world and an assessment of contemporary consequences of these connections. The contributors collected here analyze and map historical and contemporary manifestations of transnational networks within this region, linking them to wider debates on society, identity and political culture. |